Research bulletin

Pre-recorded session from 27 April 2005. Watch the DVD of this very successful session. Original seminar description below: All Postgraduate Research Students commencing studies from 2003 are initially enrolled on a probationary basis, and need to have their candidature confirmed after 12 months of study. In this seminar, representatives from the Faculty of Business and Economics and the Faculty of Arts explain this process. An absolute "must see" seminar for all recently commenced Postgraduate Research Students.

Date:                           Monday 4 August 2008
Time:                           2.30 pm – 4.00 pm
Venue:                         Seminar and lounge room, Ground Floor, Building 3E, Clayton

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

"This workshop will investigate what it means to be an "academic writer". What are the conventions? What is the style and tone required? Do these vary depending on your discipline?"

Presenter:                   Ms Nira Rahman, Learning Skills Advisor, Library
Date:                           Tuesday 5 August 2008
Time:                           2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Venue:                         Conference rooms, Monash University Club, building 50, Clayton

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

Identifying time traps - understanding perfectionism & procrastination - learning to prioritise and plan - setting goals - working out a personal plan of action.

Presenter:                   Angela Delle-Vergini
Date:                           Wednesday, 6 August 2008
Time:                           10:00am - 11:00am
Venue:                         Conference rooms 2 and 3, Monash University Club
                                   building 50, Clayton

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

Content: Numerical methods of analysing data from experiments; ANOVA; Main effects and interactions; Repeated measures

Presenter:                   School of Mathematical Sciences
Date:                           Friday, 8 August 2008
Time:                           2:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue:                         Theatre R3, Building 8, Clayton

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

This workshop will show you how to become a more effective editor of your own work (and avoid the things that really annoy examiners). It will consider how editing fits into the writing process, when to edit, what knowledge you need to edit effectively, and provide practical examples and activities. Together with the workshop Making your thesis more readable, this will provide you with tools to revise your writing effectively.

Presenter:                   Dr Jan Pinder, Learning Skills Adviser, Learning Skills Unit,
                                  Monash  University Library.
Date:                          Monday, 11 August 2008
Time:                          2:00pm - 4:00pm
Venue:                         Tutorial room K212, Caulfield

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

This hands-on workshop will take participants through the bibliographic database tool, Endnote. A working knowledge of computers is needed for this workshop. Participants will be instructed on how to: create and manage a library; import databases; and create a bibliography using required styles.

Presenter:                   Robert Coppa
Date:                           Thursday 14 August 2008
Time:                           10.00 am – 1.00 pm
Venue:                         BusEco/ITS Training Room, B2.11, Caulfield

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

This hands-on workshop will take participants through the bibliographic database tool, Endnote. A working knowledge of computers is needed for this workshop. Participants will be instructed on how to: create and manage a library; import databases; and create a bibliography using required styles

Presenter:                   Robert Coppa
Date:                           Thursday 14 August 2008
Time:                           1.45 pm – 4.45 pm
Venue:                         BusEco/ITS Training Room, B2.11, Caulfield

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

Pre-recorded session (DVD) of the original seminar held on 19 July 2005. A description of the original seminar is listed below. Some will argue that the ultimate success or otherwise of a research project is determined in that first vital year of candidature. Our speakers will discuss strategies for getting your project on track, and keeping it there. In particular the development of a well-focused research proposal, progress in the literature review, negotiation of a schedule of regular and structured meetings with your supervisor and a timeframe for completion will be covered.

Presenters:                    Associate Professor Denise Cuthbert, Faculty of Arts and  
                                   Associate Professor, Director of Research and Research Training
                                    Mark   Thompson, Faculty of Engineering
Date:                            Monday, 18 August 2008
Time:                            2:30pm - 4:00pm
Venue:                          Seminar and lounge room, ground floor, building 3E, Clayton

Bookings are essential: 
To book, please visit:  http://mrgs.monash.edu.au/exPERT-bookings/

Europe Travel Grants
Closing Date:   Friday, 15 August 2008

The Europe Travel Grants aim to assist Monash early career researchers and deepen the university’s links with centres of research and educational excellence in Europe. They support the cost of travel and accommodation associated with a period of research or a conference for Monash PhDs or early career researchers. In exceptional cases, visits by European colleagues to Monash may be eligible for support.

Further information about the grants is available below. This information is taken from the document "Europe Travel Grants 2008 - General Information"
http://www.monash.edu.au/international/dvc/eutravelgrants/

Fulbright Scholarships for Australians

Closing Date:   Sunday 31 August, 2008

Each year, the Fulbright Commission offers approximately 20 scholarships to Australian citizens to study, lecture or undertake research in the US.  Other scholarships are also available including the Fulbright New Century Scholar and the Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program.

A guideline for Australian PhD supervisors

For further information please refer to:  www.fulbright.com.au

Monash Access Equity Postgraduate Research Travel Grant

As part of the equity program, special travel grants are available for 2008, each up to a value of $3000 (depending upon destination and associated costs) for travel within Australia and overseas.  Only Australian citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply for these grants.

The Access equity applications are received throughout the year.  For further information please contact:  Michelle.mei@adm.monash.edu.au or visit www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/grants

Postgraduate Travel Grant

Postgraduate travel grants assist students who wish to attend conferences in order to present a paper or poster on their current research.

Students undertaking postgraduate research programs at Monash are strongly encouraged to present their research findings at national and international conferences.  This allows them to expose their work to peer review and to develop networks that will be important in their subsequent research careers.

Postgraduate travel grants are also available for students:

• To undertake field trips, surveys, data collection or interviews;
• To learn new techniques
• To pursue research in specialist archive collections;  or
• To utilise specialist equipment not available at Monash University

For further information please visit:  http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/grants/postgradtravelgrants.html

Postgraduate Publications Award

Closing date: 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December each year

The Postgraduate Publications Award is open to postgraduate research students who have submitted or are about to submit their thesis. The scheme provides support for students who wish to prepare some of their research for publication while they wait for their examination results.

For further information please refer to www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/scholarships/

2009 General Sir John Monash Awards

The General Sir John Monash Awards are Australia’s prestigious scholarships supporting postgraduate study at the world’s best universities overseas. Award Winners are expected to become leaders of their fields and of the nation.

There is no restriction on field of study, overseas university, country or age of applicant.

The Awards are selected on a national basis from young Australians who have outstanding intellect, leadership skills and capability and who are engaged citizens demonstrated by their altruism and community consciousness.

Please view the following: 

   2009 Awards poster; 

Fact sheets on :

a. The Awards;

b. Our Foundation; and

c. Award Winners – 2008.

Applications for the 2009 General Sir John Monash Awards close on 31st August 2008. It would be a great help to us if you would promote our call for nominations to relevant scholars (past or present).

Journal of Global Information Technology Management (JGITM)

Call for papers - Information and Communication Technology in the Pacific Rim
Tentative Publication Date: July 2009

For further information: Go to the Flyer

PGDay 2008 Prato, Tuscany, Italy on the 17th and 18th Octoer, 2008

Timeline:
August 10th: Submissions due
August 31st: Speakers notified of acceptance/rejections
September 15th: Final papers must be submitted to the conference
October 17-18th: PGDay Europe

For more details on PGDay see: 2008-07-11-pgday-announcement-1.pdf

This is an exhibition of fifty books chosen by Monash academics and researchers.  It demonstrates the importance of the Monash University Library Rare Books collection in the research community.  The fifty participants have chosen items they have consulted in the course of their work.  The result is a fascinating variety of books, many of which have never been displayed.

Date:               The exhibition will run until Sunday, 31 August 2008
Venue:             Level 1, 1SB Wing, Sit Louis Matheson Library, Clayton Campus
For further information please refer to:   http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/news/2008/05-fifty.html

ICIS 2008 Conference
The ICIS 2008 Conference Committee and the Association for Information Systems are pleased to invite scholars to participate in the Twenty-Ninth annual International Conference on Information Systems
(ICIS 2008) to be held in Paris, France, December 14-17, 2008.

The ICIS 2008 Program Committee invites submissions across 18 tracks, including our Theme track of "Ethics, Design and Consequences."  At ICIS 2008, we will confront the ways in which we are creating informational environments with IT, and the consequences they have for organizations and for society. We will ask: are we really doing what we want, what we are worthy of, and what do we desire for society? Are we creating betterment for human beings? Our intention is to challenge global academic and industrial leaders to confront the ethical basis, the design processes and the consequences of IT as we create a worldwide ubiquitous presence of information and communication technologies.

Please note the following:
1. The conference website at www.icis2008.org contains the track descriptions, deadlines, and submission guidelines.

2. The deadline for submissions is May 6^th (midnight, Pacific Standard Time). This is a firm deadline and no extensions will be allowed.

3. All submissions must be made through the online submission system http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/icis2008.  Authors need to create an account on the submission system (see tab in the upper right corner) before they can upload their papers. A submission can be made to only one Track and the posted submission guidelines, at http://www.unice.fr/icis2008/step1/submissions.html, must be followed.

4.  Acceptance/rejection decisions will be made on July 31, 2008.

We look forward to seeing you in Paris for ICIS 2008!

Your ICIS 2008 Program Co-Chairs,
Richard Boland
Moez Limayem
Brian Pentland

Online Forum for Postgraduates

“Postgrad to Postgrad” is a new online forum set up by the MPA.  Aside from the “lounge” (for general discussion), the main areas are set up by discipline with the idea of postgrads being able to talk to each other about their work, postdoc opportunities, info on overseas units etc.

For further information please refer to:   http://postgradforum.net/forums/index.php?act=idx

Policy Change:  Doctoral and MPhil Candidature

Postgraduate research policies and procedures are continually updated.

For further information please refer to:  http://www.mrgs.monash.edu.au/research/policychanges/index.html